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Mechanical Engineering

From your first year as a mechanical engineering major at Bucknell, you'll design and build real devices that confront challenges facing society.

You might work with your professors to study next-generation solar energy, test self-driving vehicle technology, or build an exhibit for the nearby Lewisburg Children's Museum.

Learn to use state-of-the-art research facilities, including a wind tunnel, automotive and renewable energy labs, and makerspaces. Then put what you've learned to work in a senior design project where you'll design, build and test a device for a real corporate client, like GE, Corning or Universal Parks, and make connections that often lead to internship and job opportunities.

Along the way, you'll build in-demand skills that prepare you for careers in fields including manufacturing, aerospace, defense, technology, construction and more.

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Degree Programs

The Department of Mechanical Engineering offers a 34-credit bachelor of science in mechanical engineering degree as well as a master's in mechanical engineering. Mechanical engineering majors are also eligible to take part in the five-year bachelor of science & master of science in engineering program.

The students are manufacturing innovation fellows with Bucknell’s Small Business Development Center. With support from mechanical engineering professors Nate Siegel and Craig Beal, they're creating prototypes at the company's New Berlin, Pa., factory and testing them with equipment at Bucknell's College of Engineering.

Bucknell Engineers Help Launch Real Companies

Small Business Development Center

The Bucknell Small Business Development Center hires engineering majors as product-development consultants who work with startups and companies seeking to expand. These students build valuable experience doing real-world engineering work, including engineering design, analysis and prototype-development, while also contributing to the economic vitality of their community.